HOUSE BILL No. 5292


     February 3, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Law, DeWeese, Allen, Ehardt, Dennis, Schauer and Woodward and referred to the
Committee on Health Policy.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending sections 9209 and 9227 (MCL 333.9209 and 333.9227),

   section 9227 as amended by 1996 PA 540, and by adding section

   9208a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 9208A.  (1) A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR PERSON IN LOCO PAR-

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      ENTIS APPLYING TO HAVE A MINOR ADMITTED INTO GRADE 6 SHALL

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      PRESENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION

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      OR NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, EITHER A COMPLETED

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      IMMUNIZATION STATUS SCREENING SUMMARY FORM AND ANY APPROPRIATE

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      CERTIFICATES OF IMMUNIZATION RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 9206 OR A

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      STATEMENT OF EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 9215.






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           (2) AN IMMUNIZATION STATUS SCREENING SHALL INCLUDE, AT A

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      MINIMUM, AN IMMUNIZATION ASSESSMENT OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FOR

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      THE MINOR UNDERGOING THE SCREENING:

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           (A) HEPATITIS B.

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           (B) TETANUS.

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           (C) DIPHTHERIA.

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           (D) MUMPS, MEASLES, AND RUBELLA.

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           (E) VARICELLA.

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           (F) OTHER IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY RULE OF

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      THE DEPARTMENT.

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           Sec. 9209.  (1) Before November 1 of each year, the princi-

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      pal or administrator of each school shall deliver to the state

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      and local health departments a list of the immunization status at

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      the time of school entry of new entering kindergarten and first

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      grade students, AS DETERMINED UNDER SECTION 9208, AND OF NEW

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      ENTERING SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS, AS DETERMINED UNDER SECTION 9208A.

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           (2) The department shall prescribe minimum percentage levels

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      of immunization for children in a school.

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           (3) As a result of the information collected pursuant to

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      subsection (1), the local health officer shall take appropriate

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      action, including immunization clinics, to raise the immunization

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      level of children entering school to the levels established pur-

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      suant to subsection (2).

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           (4) Before the following February 1, the principal or admin-

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      istrator of each school shall update the list to show the addi-

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      tional immunizations received by each child since entering the

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      school.  The reports shall be made on forms provided or approved



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      by the department.  A child who enters school in September and

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      who has not completed the immunizations required under section

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      9227 and has not filed an exemption under section 9215 before

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      February 1 shall be excluded from school attendance.  A child who

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      enters school at any other time of the school year and who has

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      not completed the immunizations required under section 9227 and

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      has not filed an exemption under section 9215 within 4 months

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      after entrance shall be excluded from school attendance.

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           Sec. 9227.  The department shall promulgate rules to imple-

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      ment this part, including, but not limited to, rules governing

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      all of the following:

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           (a) Age periods for immunizations.

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           (b) The minimum ages at which immunization may be

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      commenced.

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           (c) The minimum number of doses required during a specified

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      time period.

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           (d) Minimum levels of immunization for children in school,

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      INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE MINIMUM LEVELS OF IMMUNIZATION

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      FOR THE DISEASES ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 9208A(2).

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           (e) Reporting under section 9206(3).

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           (f) The acquisition, maintenance, and dissemination of

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      information contained in the childhood immunization registry

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      established under section 9207.

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless all of the following bills of the 90th Legislature

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      are enacted into law:





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           (a) Senate Bill No. _______ or House Bill No. 5293

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      (request no. 00341'99 *).

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           (b) Senate Bill No. _______ or House Bill No. 5291

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      (request no. 02957'99 *).
















































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